Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	8.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '19 at 04:52
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 213 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 588 56% 464 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 38.6 37% 42.6 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 36 31% 37.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 439 230 149 152 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 412 Write 435 Mixed 367 SusWrite 259 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 32 130% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 307 224% 289 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 95%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 136GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 96.8 Write 88 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 62.9 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 65%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 144 145 143 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 168 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 144 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 202% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 113%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 464GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 137 141 141 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 106 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 140 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	65.8% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 19 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 89%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16